About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
Why You Should Read Children’s Books… by Katherine Rundell
There's a recent bestseller called What We Talk About When We Talk About Books. I tried to read it, and gave up because it was too pedantic for me. I much preferred a little book by Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So...
Winners and Bouchercon
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Nikki B. from Ithaca, NY won The Last Seance. The three copies of Murderabilia went to Jane R. from Driftwood, TX, Carl S. of Lukeville, AZ, and Autumn T. from Portland, OR. The books are going out in the mail today....
What Are You Reading?
I'm excited to share the book I'm reading, but I'm writing this in the morning before I've had much chance to read. I'm only 120 pages into it. Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia features a group of misfits, who, along with other teams, set out to...